Frontline"Dropout Nation"
What does it take to save a student? Every year, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the United States quit high school without diplomas -- an epidemic so out of control that nobody knows the exact number. What is clear is that massive dropout rates cripple individual career prospects and cloud the country's future. At Houston's Sharpstown High, once a notorious "dropout factory," a high-stakes experiment is under way to rescue students from the edge. D

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Frontline"Fast Times at West Philly High"
At a West Philadelphia high school serving one of the city's most disadvantaged neighborhoods, students defy expectations as they design and build two super-hybrid cars for international competition. In summer 2010, the school's EVX Team raced against mega-sized auto manufacturers, multimillion-dollar start-ups and university teams - all to produce an affordable, 100-miles-per-gallon car.G